Buildings are responsible for almost half of the energy consumed in the United States. Nearly 90% of that energy is associated with building operations that occur after a building has been constructed.
In a previous discussion on our Idea C...

How do we count energy in our buildings, and why does it count? We can look at our gas bill or watch the electric meter spin, but these numbers don’t tell us much about how our buildings perform.
To understand performance we typically mea...

One of only 24 firms nationally to be recognized, BWBR recently received the 2014-2017 IDP Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects for its Intern Development Program. The award honors a firm’s remarkable dedication to the IDP, a pr...

SAINT PAUL – With today’s students and professors asking for more collaboration in the learning curriculum, colleges and universities are pressured to create spaces for such activities, even as upgrades to technology, research, and teaching sp...

It was the scourge of convenience, and we were not immune. A quick cup of coffee. Heating up leftovers in the microwave. Serving up a pan of brownies in our workbays.
We were the poster children for the grab-and-go culture, and we were well...

How do you define the cost of a building?
What if that building is designed to last 50 years? 100 years? Maybe even 200 years? How does that change the definition?
Architecture has long been considered a balance between firmness, com...